Have you been feeling uneasy at work lately? Is your sixth sense telling you that there is some impending doom related to your job? Are colleagues avoiding you or whispering when you walk by?
Follow your instincts and watch for these eight signs to find out if your days at work are numbered.
1. You're not being kept informed.
- Have you seen your whole team walking out of a meeting you were not invited to?
- Have you become the last to know what is going on in your office?
In the workplace, knowledge is power. Your company's act of keeping information from you and keeping you in the dark might be one way of preparing for life without you.
2. You are losing responsibilities.
- Has your workload become a lot lighter in recent weeks while your colleagues seem to be taking on more?
- Is your input suddenly not needed in planning sessions for next year's budget?
If your projects and past responsibilities have been passed on to others, it is another good sign that the team is making sure your work gets done once you are out the door.
3. Your job title has been changed, and it's not an upward move.
If you have received a new job title or new job description, pay attention to the differences.
- Is the new job a lateral move?
- Have you been demoted?
The way you want to be moving in an organisation is up - not sideways or down.
4. Times are tough at your company.
- Have you noticed several closed-door meetings full of executives with concerned faces?
- Are the HR managers and the Head of Payroll working all night some nights?
- Is your company experiencing mounting losses or declining profits?
- Has recruitment been suspended?
Many companies' first money-saving measure in difficult times is a personnel cut. If your job function is not essential, you might be one of the first for the chop.
